The next festival takes its usual place in the calendar, coming at the end of the year 2024-2025 “Strasbourg World Book Capital UNESCO” on the theme of Painting. Here’s a bit of the programme so that you can camp out in the street and reserve your tickets:
The Micronations’ Parade (19/03) with new kakemonos by Benoît Jacques, Marion Jdanoff, Alexane Maillard, Etienne Puaux and Adèle Verlinden / Battlestar IX (21/03) the space opera saga of drawing returns to the Star Saint-Exupéry cinema, without the lame episodes / A big pro evening (25/03) to discuss the bill on the continuity of artists’ incomes with La Buse, le SNAP CGT and other syndicates / Drawing Dialogue #15 (opening 28/03 at the Coop) the festival’s colourful exhibition reunites Brecht Vandenbroucke (Gand) and André Derainne (Strasbourg) / Posters exhibition you can learn a few local Arabic words ont the quai des Bateliers with Anouck Constant and her Mousson de Jasmin / A bunch of other exhibitions Bétonite takes us into the Puit du dindon (brrr! ) at the Basse Cours des Miracles (opening 28/03), Amina Bouajila finally enters the museum in the Bouquinette showcase, Jeanne Sterkers discovers the Montagne entre nous at the Tigre, Le Jardin des Sciences introduces us to scientific graphic facilitation with Violaine Leroy at the Planétarium, Basile Bibas and his paintings welcome you to the Orée 85 (festival closing mix 05/04) / Independant illustration fair (29 and 30/03 at the Garage Coop + CRIC) starring : Atrabile (CH) – Re:Surgo! & Bongoût (GE) – Or Bor (BE) – Sára Paldanová (SL) – Frémok (BE) – Pauline Barzilaï – La Calade – Hibou Print Club – Même pas mal – Memo – Biscoto – Podklet – La Fourrière – Editions 2042 – Les Pétroleuzes – Sunny – Rictus – Papier Gâchette – Bétonite – Demi Douzaine Gargarismes – Ban Ban – Revue Eclats – La Déferlante / Round tables, Flash’conf, workshops, concerts, prize-giving ceremonies and other surprises will also be on the agenda!